Solid Carbon Dioxide Based Cryosurgical Device and Its Application for Stereotactic Brain Surgery

In the laboratory of stereotactic methods of IHB RAS there has been designed the cryosurgical device based on solid carbon dioxide as a cold source. This device was applied at neurosurgical clinic in stereotactic brain surgeries such as: punctate destructions of subcortical structures in therapy of...

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Date:2014
Main Authors: Kholyavin, Andrey I., Nizkovolos, Vladimir B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publishing House ‘Akademperiodyka’ of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine 2014
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Online Access:https://cryo.org.ua/journal/index.php/probl-cryobiol-cryomed/article/view/736
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Journal Title:Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine

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Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine
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Summary:In the laboratory of stereotactic methods of IHB RAS there has been designed the cryosurgical device based on solid carbon dioxide as a cold source. This device was applied at neurosurgical clinic in stereotactic brain surgeries such as: punctate destructions of subcortical structures in therapy of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and other chronic CNS diseases; multiposition cryodestructions of intracerebral tumours, localised in deep and functionally important brain compartments. Clinical results demonstrate the advantages of the device when exposed to brain tissue such as: the safety, controllability, easy handling, etc. As a result of cryodestruction application there was a significant increase in survival rate of patients with deep brain tumours previously considered as inoperable.Probl Cryobiol Cryomed 2014; 24(4):354-365.